Ponzi scheme operators warned by EFCC - ITREALMS

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Here are the some Ponzi scheme operators warned by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC):

1. Wales Kingdom Capital : Operating a Ponzi scheme

2. Bethseida Group of Companies : Running an illegal investment scheme

Communication Managers warned to take social media seriously over fake news

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Communication Managers under the aegis of World Communications Forum (WCF) have been cautioned to be cautious of social media by taking this industry subsector seriously due prevalent of fake news, reports ITRealms.

Giving this caution, at the 2017 World Communications Forum held in Geneva, Switzerland and Development Expert, Mr Michael Bociurkiw, said that its high time chief executive officers of communication outfits across the world have to take social media seriously by way of helping to monitor their clientele reputations.

“CEOs of companies, who refuse to spend on social media, social media strategy, and crisis communications, do so at their own peril,” he declared, stressing that monitoring is required 24/7.

He pointed out that at this era, company's reputation is everything because it takes years to build a trusted brand but minutes and even seconds to bring it down.

“Don't allow a gap in communications to allow others to do the speaking for you” he said.

Bociurkiw pointed out that the challenge of fake news has become a subject of communications front burner, reiterating that in the current communications environment clients expect their consultants to be decision-makers.

“However, social media now requires quick decisions in the middle of the night, thus encouraging Communications practitioners and Chief Executive Officers to embrace Social Media as much as they can,” he said.

According to him, information is fast food, because today people consume 87 per cent more information than 30 years ago.

“In the past 4 months the communications environment has changed completely, now communications wags the tail of diplomacy,” he said.

Also, he admitted that fake news is a danger to democracy and could easily become hate speech, and that large new media companies such as FaceBook have been slow to introduce policies/tools to combat. Just as he highlighted this as one of the challenges of the social media, in spite of its numerous advantages, and hopes there will be a solution to this, as he upholds the use of social media in the 21st century.

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Biafran protesters not welcome in Lagos - APC

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has warned that Biafran protesters are not welcomed in the centre of excellence, reports ITRealms.

The spokesman for Lagos APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe gave this warning in a press statement made available to ITRealms on Tuesday, saying that  those planning to hold demonstration in Lagos under the aegis of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Describing such demonstration as nefarious, Igbokwe said the party states that with the heightened security challenges Lagos is facing, it will be foolhardy for any group to hide under the guise of protest to compromise the security of the state and be allowed such privilege.

Igbokwe also said, there is no way the state will sit idly by and allow politically sponsored hoodlums, masquerading as Pro-Biafran protesters or any group at all to compromise the security of the state where the state has invested hugely in recent times.

APC equally warned that the security agencies led by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr Fatai Owoseni have vowed to deal ruthlessly with anybody or group found to be involved in such protests. 

“We hope the will of the Law Enforcement Agencies in Lagos will not be tested at a time like this,” Igbokwe said.

Stressing that as a party that governs Lagos State, APC would be derelict to watch a group of politically- sponsored hoodlums tamper with the tight security system that has been effortlessly put in place by the state government to combat increasing crime rates in the domain. 

“We cannot allow these hoodlums, sponsored by politicians that failed woefully in the last general election, to unleash mayhem on peace loving Lagosians so as to achieve dark political aims that run parallel to the interests of Lagosians,” Igbokwe said.

APC maintained that it is obvious that the sponsors of the planned protest want to throw the state into needless mayhem by their act but the state will be ready to mete out to them the appropriate antidotes for such folly.

 

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